Our Faculty - Alphabetical Order
![Susan Abughosh](../../_images/directory-faculty/abughosh-susan.jpg)
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
Interventions to enhance adherence and health outcomes among patients with chronic illness
![Jahangir Alam](../../_images/directory-faculty/alam-jahangir.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Healthcare-associated infections, antimicrobial resistance, applied and environmental microbiology
![Rajender Aparasu](../../_images/directory-faculty/aparasu-rajender.jpg)
Mustafa & Sanober Lokhandwala Endowed Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
Pharmacoepidemiology, geriatrics, medication safety, observational research, dementia, neurology
![Bernadette Asias-Dinh](../../_images/directory-faculty/asias-dinh_bernadette.jpg)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Ambulatory care pharmacy, diabetes management, chronic disease state management, preventative care
![basseres.jpg](../../_images/directory-faculty/basseres.jpg)
Research Scientist, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Clostridioides diffcile infection, microbiome, characterization of new antimicrobials
![begum-khurshida.jpg](../../_images/directory-faculty/begum-khurshida.jpg)
Research Scientist, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Molecular Biology, Clostridioides difficile infection, Multidrug resistant organism, C.elegans model
![Nicholas Beyda](../../_images/directory-faculty/beyda-nicholas-22.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Antifungal resistance
![Kim Birtcher](../../_images/directory-faculty/birtcher-kimberly.jpg)
Adjunct Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Cardiovascular disease prevention and management, medication adherence, guideline implementation
![Krishna Boini](../../_images/directory-faculty/boini-krishna.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mechanisms of obesity-induced kidney diseases and hypertension
![Richard Bond](../../_images/directory-faculty/bond-richard.jpg)
Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Discovering or identifying better drugs for asthma
![Hua Chen](../../_images/directory-faculty/chen-hua.jpg)
Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
Pediatric medication effectiveness, safety, quality and disparity
![Diana S-L Chow](../../_images/directory-faculty/chow-diana.jpg)
Professor of Pharmaceutics, Paula & John J. Lovoi Sr. Endowed Professor in Drug Discovery and Development, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Director, Institute of Drug Education and Research
Pharmaceutical formulation, translational pre- and clinical PK/PD, cancer, ID and other therapies
![Elizabeth Coyle](../../_images/directory-faculty/coyle-elizabeth.jpg)
Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Scholarship of teaching and learning, infectious diseases
![Gregory Cuny](../../_images/directory-faculty/cuny-greg.jpg)
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Joseph P. & Shirley Shipman Buckley Endowed Professor of Drug Discovery, and Chair, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Synthetic medicinal chemistry, structure-based design, natural product chemistry
![Radbod Darabi](../../_images/directory-faculty/darabi-radbod.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, PSC differentiation, Skeletal Muscle, Gene Correction
![Joydip Das](../../_images/directory-faculty/das-joydip.jpg)
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Alcohol addiction, structure/function of C1-domain containing proteins, protein molecular dynamics
![Shantera Rayford Davis](../../_images/directory-faculty/davis-shantera.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Scholarship of teaching and learning, skill building
![Austin De La Cruz](../../_images/directory-faculty/de-la-cruz-austin.jpg)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Mental health disorders in veterans
![Sandy Diec](../../_images/directory-faculty/sandy-diec.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Scholarship of teaching and learning, ambulatory care
![Jason Eriksen](../../_images/directory-faculty/eriksen-jason.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Assistant Dean of Graduate Programs
Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders
![Ekere James Essien](../../_images/directory-faculty/essien-james.jpg)
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy and Director, Institute of Community Health
HIV/AIDS prevention among minority populations, patient-centered health outcomes research
![Taryn Eubank](../../_images/directory-faculty/eubank-taryn.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, gut microbiome, gut resistome
![julianna fernandez](../../_images/directory-faculty/fernandez-julianna.jpg)
Clinical Associate Professor and Assistant Chair, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Preparing learners to best care for older adults, scholarship of teaching and learning
![Kevin Garey](../../_images/directory-faculty/garey-kevin.jpg)
Professor, Robert L. Boblitt Endowed Professor of Drug Discovery, and Chair, Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Microbiome consequences of antibiotic use with a particular interest in C. difficile infection
![garza-karina-23.jpg](../../_images/directory-faculty/garza-karina-23.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research/Rio Grande Valley Pharm.D. Satellite Program
Emergency medicine, transitions of care, hospital administration, mentorship/preceptorship
![Jodie Gee](../../_images/directory-faculty/gee-jodie.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Ambulatory care pharmacy, diabetes education and management, continuous glucose monitoring in diabetes
![Romi Ghose](../../_images/directory-faculty/ghose-romi.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hepatic drug metabolism and transport, Cytochrome P450 enzymes, drug-induced liver injury
![Bin Guo](../../_images/directory-faculty/guo-bin.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cancer biology, cancer pharmacology, drug delivery, drug discovery
![Catherine Hatfield](../../_images/directory-faculty/hatfield-catherine.jpg)
Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, and Director, Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experiences (IPPE) and Interprofessional Education (IPE)
Interprofessional education, practice and simulation experiential education, scholarship of teaching and learning research
![Jiukuan Hao](../../_images/directory-faculty/hao-jiukuan.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mechanism of neural injury, pathophysiology of the blood brain-barrier in neurodegenerative disease
![hu-chenlin.jpg](../../_images/directory-faculty/hu-chenlin.jpg)
Research Scientist, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Pathobiology, public health microbiology, clinical pathogen, enteric disease, antimicrobial agents, etc.
![Ming Hu](../../_images/directory-faculty/hu-ming.jpg)
Professor of Pharmaceutics and Diana S-L. Chow Endowed Professor of Drug Discovery and Development, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Bioavailability, metabolism, transport, Phase II metabolism, cancer prevention, natural products
![Tahir Hussain](../../_images/directory-faculty/hussain-tahir-19.jpg)
Professor of Pharmacology/Joseph P. and Shirley Shipman Buckley Endowed Professor for the Heart and Kidney Institute, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, and Director, Heart and Kidney Institute
Role of angiotensin receptors in inflammation, kidney disease, blood pressure, metabolism
![jo-jinhee](../../_images/directory-faculty/jo-jinhee.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Microbiome colonization resistance against bacterial pathogens, including C. difficile and other multidrug resistant organisms, and antimicrobial resistance
![Ashok Kumar](../../_images/directory-faculty/kumar-ashok-2023.jpg)
Professor of Pharmacology and Else & Philip Hargrove Endowed Professor of Drug Discovery, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Skeletal muscle atrophy, growth, and regeneration, satellite stem cells, cancer cachexia, signaling
![Xiang Li](../../_images/directory-faculty/li-xiang.jpg)
Research Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cardiovascular pharmacology, vascular cell and molecular biology, lipid biology and redox signaling
![Xinli Liu](../../_images/directory-faculty/liu-xinli.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Associate Director, Institute of Drug Education and Research
Anti-cancer drug discovery and delivery, targeted drug/gene delivery, PK/PD, nanotechnology
![Aditi Marwaha](../../_images/directory-faculty/marwaha-aditi.jpg)
Instructional Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Student learning and retention, active learning, types of assessment and their effect on student learning
![Bradley McConnell](../../_images/directory-faculty/mcconnell-bradley.jpg)
Professor of Pharmacology, and Assistant Chair, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Biology, physiology and pharmacology of cardiac contractility and function
![Lianjie Miao](../../_images/directory-faculty/miao-lianjie.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Mechanisms of cardiac morphogenesis and congenital heart diseases
![Kimberly Nguyen](../../_images/directory-faculty/nguyen-kimberly-22.jpg)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, and Assistant Dean of Student and Professional Affairs
Student success, learning strategies, active learning
![Onyebuchi Ononogbu](../../_images/directory-faculty/ononogbu-onye-21.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Cancer health disparities, quality improvement, diversity/equity, inclusion
![Nancy Ordonez](../../_images/directory-faculty/ordonez-nancy.jpg)
Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, and Assistant Dean of Experiential Programs
Experiential education, preceptor development, experiential site development, long-term care consulting pharmacy, geriatrics
![Ronnie Ozuna](../../_images/directory-faculty/Ozuna-Ronnie1.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, and Assistant Dean, Rio Grande Valley Pharm.D. Satellite Program
Infectious disease, pharmacy management, student development, clinical and translational research
![Paige Pitman](../../_images/directory-faculty/pitman-paige.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, and Executive Associate Dean
Student affairs and administration in Pharm.D. programs
![Lamar Pritchard](../../_images/directory-faculty/pritchard-lamar.jpg)
Dean, Humana Endowed Dean's Chair in Pharmacy, and Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
Disease state management, outcomes research and quality management; access to pharmacy services in rural communities
![Dipali Rinker](../../_images/directory-faculty/rinker-dipali.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
High-risk and addictive behaviors, social mechanisms of change, social determinants of health
![rosario-natalie.jpg](../../_images/directory-faculty/rosario-natalie.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Health disparities, quality improvement, chronic disease management, self care, residency prep
![Anirban Roy](../../_images/directory-faculty/anirban-roy.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Skeletal muscle hypertrophy and atrophy, muscular dystrophy, muscle regeneration and muscle metabolism
![Ke-He Ruan](../../_images/directory-faculty/ruan-ke-he.jpg)
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry & Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Director, Center for Experimental Therapeutics and Pharmacoinformatics (CETP)
Bioengineering active protein complexes: EnzymeLink, VaccineLink, ReceptorLink & InsulinLink
![Samina Salim](../../_images/directory-faculty/salim-samina.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Trauma, stress, cognition, learning-memory, refugee health, racism, health disparities
![Sujit Sansgiry](../../_images/directory-faculty/sansgiry-sujit.jpg)
Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
Pharmacoeconomic and behavioral interventions to improve pharmaceutical and healthcare outcomes
![Aayna Shamsi](../../_images/directory-faculty/shamsi-aayna.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Emotional intelligence, Scholarship of teaching and learning
![Jeffrey Sherer](../../_images/directory-faculty/sherer-jeffery.jpg)
Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Internal Medicine, Geriatrics, Primary Care, Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine
![Rashim Singh](../../_images/directory-faculty/singh-rashim.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Gut Microbiome homeostasis, drug-herb-microbiome interaction, drug delivery systems, natural products
![singh-ravi.jpg](../../_images/directory-faculty/singh-ravi.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
RNA biology, alternative splicing, cardiac and skeletal muscle metabolism, aging, mouse genetics
![Alexander Statsyuk](../../_images/directory-faculty/statsyuk-alexander.jpg)
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Tissue Specific Drug Discovery
![Rongjin Sun](../../_images/directory-faculty/sun-rongjin.jpg)
Research Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug-induced liver/intestinal toxicity, bioavailability of drug candidates, pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics of anti-cancer drugs
![Dhara Surati](../../_images/directory-faculty/shah-dhara.jpg)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Skills labs-based teaching, active learning, infectious diseases, scholarship of teaching and learning
![Vincent Tam](../../_images/directory-faculty/tam-vincent_2019.jpg)
Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research/Professor of Pharmaceutics (Joint Appointment), Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of antimicrobials
![Moosa Tatar](../../_images/directory-faculty/tatar-moosa.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
Health economics, health policy, health services research, simulation and modeling
![MariVi Tejada-Simon](../../_images/directory-faculty/tejada-simon.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Director, Faculty Development
Cognition, autism and learning disorders, educational outreach, DEI
![thornton-douglas-2021.jpg](../../_images/directory-faculty/thornton-douglas-2021.jpg)
Associate Professor, Department Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, and Director, The Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center
Health services research, prescription drug misuse, substance use disorders, pain management
![Shane Tolleson](../../_images/directory-faculty/tolleson-shane.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, and Director of Ambulatory Based Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences
Experiential education, student mindset, ambulatory care
![Meghana Trivedi](../../_images/directory-faculty/trivedi-meghna.jpg)
Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research/Associate Professor of Pharmacology (Joint Appointment), Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Target & drug discovery in cancer, cellular & circulating biomarkers, individualization of therapy
![Mabel Truong](../../_images/directory-faculty/truong-mabel.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research, and Director, Institutional Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences
Experiential education, preceptor development
![Gomika Udugamasooriya](../../_images/directory-faculty/udugamasooriya-gomika.jpg)
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
New peptidomimetic and biomarker discovery for cancer diagnosis and therapy applications
![Tyler Varisco](../../_images/directory-faculty/varisco-tyler-21.jpg)
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy
Substance use disorder, healthcare access, health disparities, pharmacy practice
![varkey-divya-21.jpg](../../_images/directory-faculty/varkey-divya-21.jpg)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Health-system pharmacy administration, professional development
![David Wallace](../../_images/directory-faculty/wallace-david.jpg)
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Pharmacy education, underserved populations, interdisciplinary patient care
![Matthew Wanat](../../_images/directory-faculty/wanat-matthew.jpg)
Clinical Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Prescription drug misuse prevention, anticoagulation/cardiology, scholarship of teaching and learning
![Elisabeth Wang](../../_images/directory-faculty/sulaica-elisabeth.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Antithrombotic therapy, hypertension, transitions of care
![Wei Wang](../../_images/directory-faculty/Wang-Wei.jpg)
Research Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Molecular pharmacology
![Cole Wilder](../../_images/directory-faculty/wilder-cole.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Scholarship of teaching and learning
![Louis Williams](../../_images/directory-faculty/williams-louis.jpg)
Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Developing innovative teaching methodology for better integrating basic and clinical sciences
![Joshua Wollen](../../_images/directory-faculty/wollen-joshua.jpg)
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice and Translational Research
Community pharmacy, skills-based pharmacy education, scholarship of teaching and learning, health disparities
![Mingfu Wu](../../_images/directory-faculty/mingfu-wu-new.jpg)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cardiomyopathy, Left ventricular non-compaction (LVNC), Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), CHD
![Ruiwen Zhang](../../_images/directory-faculty/Zhang-Ruiwen.jpg)
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug discovery & development, pharmacogenomics, cancer biology & therapy, pharmacology, toxicology
![Yang Zhang](../../_images/directory-faculty/zhang-yang.jpg)
Professor of Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Cardiovascular pharmacology, macro-/micro-vascular diseases, vascular pathology in cardiomyopathy